Millions of pounds to help homeless

Millions of pounds are being set aside to help deal with homelessness in Nottingham over the next nine years.

Nottingham City Council bosses hope to create a more-integrated approach to how the authority deals with homelessness by creating a single body to tackle the issue.

A homeless person sleeping on a bench in Nottingham city centre

The new arrangements aim to strengthen the way preventative services work by targeting support where it is most needed, increasing the number of people who can be housed in supported accommodation (and reduce the use of bed and breakfast accommodation), and ensure there is enough emergency accommodation to meet the council’s No Second Night Out commitment.

This is not a drill

We don’t want to alarm anyone, but McDonald’s, in Exchange Walk, has actually run out of bacon.

The other two stores in the city centre – in Angel Row and Clumber Street, appear to have dodged the bullet.

McDonald's has run out of bacon (Image: Kit Sandeman)

It’s not yet clear what’s causing the problem, or when this mayhem will end, but a spokesman for McDonald’s has said it is unlikely to be long term.

It currently doesn’t appear to be affecting all products though - a sign in the window says: “We are sorry that due to a supply issue, bacon rolls, bacon and egg McMuffins, and bacon and egg bagels are not available.

Sam Clarke, 33, of Northfield Avenue, Sawley, was shopping in Long Eaton and preparing food for her eldest son’s birthday party on Saturday, September 23, when she noticed her contractions were 15 minutes apart.

Have you picked up a copy of today's paper?

Today’s front page is about a Nottingham secondary school could be set to expand by almost 50 percent after bidding for government cash to accommodate hundreds more pupils.

December 5 front page

Fernwood Secondary School in Wollaton has asked the Government’s Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for cash to create an additional 450 places to help meet the increasing demand for school places locally.